NADE News: A Mosaic of Activities

NADE News: A Mosaic of Activities

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With this issue of JDE, the NADE Board formally invites you to the 2012 NADE Annual Conference, to be held February 22-25, 2012, in Orlando, Florida. From preconferences to concurrent and poster sessions; from fabulous plenary speakers to the second Town Hall meeting, your intellect will be nourished. Come browse through the Exhibit Hall; travel to Epcot or sign up for the visit to Valencia Community College, the winner of the first-ever Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. Attend a SPIN meeting; join a committee; network with colleagues! Enjoy a walk around the lagoon on-site; take home some Disney memorabilia and a bit of sunshine to last through the winter. Your conference team has been hard at work on the details; don't miss this one!

Your NADE Board has been quite active as well. Under the guidance of Immediate Past President Marcella Davis and a Vision Committee, we developed and will unveil at conference, a new Board Strategic Plan. We have realigned several of the roles and responsibilities of Board members. We have represented you, our members, at our sister organizations' conferences and at a Policy Meeting for the Developmental Education Initiative. We have expanded the reciprocal agreement with AMAYTC and copresented a webinar for NISOD. We are working on an agreement with Innovative Educators; if you are interested in presenting a webinar for NADE, please let us know. The focus is on expanding professional development opportunities for members. …